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Marion Jones Farquhar (née Jones; November 2, 1879 – March 14, 1965) was an American tennis player. She won the women's singles titles at the 1899 and 1902 U.S. Championships. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.
Marion Jones coniugata Farquhar (Gold Hill, 2 novembre 1879 – Los Angeles, 14 marzo 1965) è stata una tennista statunitense.
Biography. Distance and a draw brimming with talented eastern players didn’t deter Marion Jones Farquhar from becoming the first Californian to reach the finals of the U.S. National Women’s Championships in 1898.
She was the first American woman to win a medal at the Olympic Games when, on 9 July 1900, she won two bronze medals in tennis - one for the ladies’ singles, and one for the mixed doubles. In doubles she teamed with the great British star, Laurie Doherty, in an international pairing.
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16 giu 2024 · Marion Jones deserves an exalted place among United States Olympians. She was the first American woman to win a medal at the Olympic Games when, on 9 July 1900, she won two bronze medals in tennis-one for the ladies' singles, one for the mixed doubles.
France's Hélène Prévost was the silver medalist, while American Marion Jones Farquhar and Hedwiga Rosenbaumová of Bohemia are credited with bronze medals.
27 ago 2019 · Tras el torneo, Marion Jones contrajo matrimonio con el arquitecto Robert David Farquhar y se retiró del tenis.
